Ash receiver



Jan. 4, 1944. J w s ASH RECEIVER Filed Jan. 16, 1942 z] r W W Jmerllewm Patented Jan. 4, 1944 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE ASH RECEIVER James T. Lewis, Washington, D. C.

Application January 16, 1942, Serial No. 427,056

6 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in ash receptacles and more particularly to combined cigar and cigarette rests and butt and ash receivers in which the latter may be stored and only occasionally emptied and which may be closed to prevent escape of smoke from unextinguished butts and also snuff the same.

A primary object of the invention is to provide an ash receptacle having door closures which when swung and held in open position serve as cigar or cigarette rests and in a specific embodiment of the invention, the arrangement may be such that the lighted end of the cigar or cigarette projects inside the receptacle, whereby to confine the smoke within the receptacle and whereby to cause the cigar or cigarette to drop inside the receptacle if it falls from its rest. The contemplated structure may also permit the ashes to fall directly from the cigar or cigarette into a covered receptacle thus to eliminate unsightliness and, when the doors are closed, the receptacle will present a clean ornamental appearance in no wise resembling the conventional ash receiver.

Another object of the invention includes the provision of simple means for supporting the doors when opened in a suitable position to serve as cigar or cigarette rests.

A further object is to provide a device of the above character which is exceedingly simple in construction and inexpensive in cost of manufacture.

Other and further objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent from the following detailed explanation taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawing wherein a preferred embodiment of the principles of the invention has been selected for exemplification.

In the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a plan View of an ash receiver constructed according to the present invention; and

Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Referring more particularly to the drawing wherein like numerals refer to like parts, I!) represents a bottom section of any suitable shape, size and material having a cover section l2. Cover I2 at its lower edge may be provided with a bead l4 cooperating with a bead [6 at the upper edge of the bottom section or the two sections may be joined or associated in any other suitable manner to provide a substantially enclosed receptacle or casing which may be opened and emptied of its contents when desired.

Coming now to an important feature of the in- Vention, doors l8 in any convenient number are provided in ports or openings is in theupper receptacle section The doors preferably are curved better to serve as rests for a cigarette or cigar when swung open, and in the construction illustrated the doors take the curvature of the wall of section 52 whereby when in closed position, the wall of the said section and the convex outer surface of the doors l8 present a substantially unbroken surface.

Each door or cigar rest it is suitably pivoted to the wall of section l2 such as by spindlesv secured to opposite edges thereof received in collars formed by strips 22 secured to the inner wall of section 52 adjacent the ports ill. Lugs 24 extending from opposite sides of each support are adapted to abut the wall of section 52 so that when the doors are opened to serve as. cigarette supports they will preferably be held in a slightly tilted position, tilting slightly toward the interior of the receptacle. It is desirable that the pivotal attachment of the doors id to the receptacle wall be at a point slightly below the horizontal center of the door whereby the door is pivotally unbalanced, the more readily to be swung and held in open position as a rest or maintained in closed position as desired.

It will be seen that a cigarette or cigar when supported on a rest [3 will be prevented from rolling laterally off by the adjacent sides of the port [9 and the inwardly tilted portion of the shelf I8 will arrest likelihood of the cigar toppling endwise ofi the shelf outside the receptacle.

It is desirable that the doors [8, when swun open to serve as cigar rests, project inwardly of the receptacle so that smoke from the supported cigar will arise inside and be better confined Within the receptacle and also so as to permit ready deposit of the spent cigar or cigarette inside the receptacle through the simple expedient of swinging the doors [8 into closed position.

Where a series of ports and doors therefor are provided as in the compact construction illustrated, they may to advantage be staggered or diametrically offset so that each port lies opposite a portion of the casing wall between other ports whereby the respective doors may be simultaneously opened without contacting of their inwardly projecting ends.

It is understood that the device herein illustrated and described is merely exemplary and is capable of modifications limited only by the scope of the following claims.

What I claim is:

1. An ash receiver comprising a casing having a wall defining a port, a door closing said port and providing a substantially enclosed casing, the said door being pivotally attached intermediate its length to opposed intermediate portions of said port-defining wall whereby the door when open extends through said port partially outwardly and partially inwardly of said casing and is positioned to present an upper surface adapted to serve as a rest for a cigar or the like having its ash end projecting inside the casing, and means projecting beyond complementary edges of said door and port and carried by one of said edges to support the door in its open position.

2. An ash receiver comprising a casing having a wall defining a port, a door closing said port and providing a substantially enclosed casing, the said door being pivotally attached intermediate its length to opposed intermediate portions of said port-defining wall whereby the door when open extends through said port partially outwardly and partially inwardly of said casing and is positioned to present an upper surface adapted to serve as a rest for a cigar or the like having its ash end projecting inside the casing, and a projection carried by and extending outwardly of said door for engagement with the casing wall to support the door in its open position.

3. An ash receiver comprising a casing having an arcuate wall portion defining a port, a door forming a segment complementary to said arouate wall portion and closing said port, the said door being pivotally attached intermediate its length to opposed intermediate portions of said port-defining wall whereby the door when open extends through said port partially outwardly and partially inwardly of said casing and is positioned to present an upper surface adapted to serve as a rest for a cigar or the like having its ash end projecting inside the casing.

4. An ash receiver comprising a casing having an arcuate wall portion defining a port, a door forming a segment complementary to said arcuate wall portion and closing said port, the said door being pivotally attached intermediate its port-defining wall whereby the door when open extends through said port partially outwardly and partially inwardly of said casing and is positioned to present an upper surface adapted to serve as a rest for a cigar or the like having its ash end projecting inside the casing, and means projecting beyond complementary edges of said door and port to support the door in its open position.

5. An ash receiver comprising a casing having an arcuate wall portion defining a port, a door forming a segment complementary to said arcuate wall portion and closing said port, the said door being pivotally attached intermediate its length to opposed intermediate portions of said port-defining wall whereby the door when open extends through said port partially outwardly and partially inwardly of said casing and is positioned to present an upper surface adapted to serve as a rest for a cigar or the like having its ash end projecting inside the casing, and a projection extending outwardly of said door for engagement with the casing wall to support the door in its open position.

6. An ash receiver comprising a casing having a dome forming wall, the said wall also defining a plurality of diametrically offset ports, doors one for each of said ports forming segments complementary to said dome and closing said ports, each of said doors being pivotally attached intermediate its length to opposed intermediate portions of its respective port-defining wall whereby each door when open extends through its respective port partially outwardly and partially inwardly of said casing and is positioned to present an upper surface adapted to serve as a rest for a cigar or the like having its ash end 40 projecting inside the casing.

JAMES T. LEWIS. 

